We didn’t know what to expect on Easter Island, which is primarily and almost exclusively known for its enigmatic statues. The guidebooks and Trip Advisor didn’t have much to say about the island, other than the statues, and even suggested you could visit the island in one day. Luckily, we had planned to spend 3 1/2 days…
Category: Chile
Chile Part 3 – Peaks of Patagonia!
We spent our final 10 days in South America surrounded by Patagonia’s towering mountains, calving glaciers, rushing waterfalls and endless beauty. There is much debate over which wilderness area is more spectacular, Argentina’s Glaciers National Park with its Fitz Roy mountain range or Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park with its multicolored towers. We decided…
Chile Part 2 – Bending the Cape
We only had one day in Chile’s southern-most town, Punta Arenas, before sailing around Cape Horn at the bottom of South America (“bending the Cape”), but we made the most of it, exploring the town and getting some new “waterproof” clothes for the upcoming boat trip. It’s hard to bring all the right clothes when…
Chile Part 1 – Travel Like a Chilean
Our first two weeks in Chile were a little frantic as we stayed in 6 different places. The big surprise was that we suddenly couldn’t speak Spanish! Right away, we wondered if we had taken a flight to Brazil by mistake – the people might as well have been speaking Portuguese! We learned that Chileans…